The Defense Department's High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office is inviting industry to look at current problems with a variety of lasers and beam-control systems and submit white papers on how those could be improved, according to two broad agency announcements published earlier this month. Each BAA is offering about $49 million across 10 to 30 cost-plus, fixed-fee contracts that would be obligated from fiscal years 2017 to 2022, according to the Sept. 15 announcements . Research and development for...